Editing Rutgers University (section)

==Academics==

The university offers more than 100 distinct bachelor, 100 masters, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs across 175 academic departments, 29 degree-granting schools, and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academics |url=https://www.rutgers.edu/academics |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.rutgers.edu |language=en}}</ref>

It is accredited by the [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|Commission on Higher Education]] of the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] (1921), and in 1989, became a member of the [[Association of American Universities]], an organization of the 62 leading research universities in North America.<ref name="aau.edu">[http://www.aau.edu/aau/members.html Association of American Universities], AAU. Retrieved August 6, 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823111136/http://www.aau.edu/aau/members.html |date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref> [[Rutgers–New Brunswick]] is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=186380 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719064719/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=186380 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rutgers–Newark]] and [[Rutgers–Camden]] are classified by the same organization as "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>[http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=15169&start=782 CarnegieFoundation.org] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070616181227/http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=15169&start=782 |date=June 16, 2007 }}, for RU-Newark information. Retrieved March 15, 2009. [http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=15167&start=782 CarnegieFoundation.org], for RU-Camden. Retrieved March 15, 2009 {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Admissions===

==== Undergraduate ====

{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 68.2
|admit rate change = +11.3
|yield rate        = 24.2
|yield rate change = -6.8
|test optional   = yes
|SAT Total         = 1240-1470<br />(among 45% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 27-33<br />(among 7% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2021/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2021-2022_Final%20V1.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2021–2022 |publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-11-17 }}</ref>
}}

''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' considers the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University to be a "more selective" school in terms of the rigor of its admissions processes.<ref>[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/6964 America's Best Colleges 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217222822/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/6964 |date=February 17, 2009 }} from ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 18, 2008.</ref> For the Class of 2025 (enrolling fall 2021), the New Brunswick campus received 43,161 applications and accepted 29,419 (68.2%).<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> The number enrolling was 7,105; the yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who enroll) was 24.2%.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> The freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 94%, with 83.8% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

Of the 45% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1240-1470.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> Of the 7% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 27 and 33.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 21 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 29 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ '''Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics'''
<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2020/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2020-2021.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2020-2021|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2019/New%20Brunswick%20CDS__2019-2020.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2019-2020|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2018/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2018-2019.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2018-2019|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2017/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2017-2018.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2017-2018|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2016/New%20BrunswickRegion16.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2016-2017|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 43,161 || 41,263 || 41,286 || 41,348 || 38,384 || 36,677
|-
! Admits
| 29,419 || 27,618 || 25,277 || 24,854 || 22,186 || 20,884
|-
! Admit rate
| 68.2 || 66.9 || 61.2 || 60.1 || 57.8 || 56.9 
|-
! Enrolled
| 7,105 || 6,551 || 7,315 || 7,036 || 6,268 || 6,466
|-
! Yield rate
| 24.2 || 23.7 || 28.9 || 28.3 || 28.3 || 31.0
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 27-33<br /><small>(7%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 25-32<br /><small>(18%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 25-32<br /><small>(18%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 25-31<br /><small>(25%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|- 
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1240-1470<br /><small>(45%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1180-1410<br /><small>(90%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1210-1430<br /><small>(90%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1190-1410<br /><small>(87%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1190-1400<br /><small>(81%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}

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===Financial aid===

As a state university, Rutgers charges two separate rates for tuition and fees depending on an enrolled student's residency. The ''Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning'' estimates that costs in-state students of attending Rutgers would amount to $25,566 for an undergraduate living on-campus and $30,069 for a graduate student. For an out-of-state student, the costs rise to $38,228 and $39,069 respectively.<ref name="factbook" /> As of the 2024–2025 academic school year, the estimated cost of tuition for in-state students is $14,222, $33,734 for out-of-state students, and $15,0332 for Room and Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutgers Estimated Costs |url=https://scarlethub.rutgers.edu/financial-services/cost-of-attendance/rutgers-students-cost-of-attendance/ |access-date=February 17, 2025 |publisher=Rutgers University}}</ref>

In the 2010–2011 academic year, undergraduate students at Rutgers, through a combination of federal (53.5%), state (23.6%), university (18.1%), and private (4.8%) scholarships, loans, and grants, received $492,260,845 of [[Student financial aid (United States)|financial aid]]. 81.4% of all undergraduates, or 34,473 students, received some form of financial aid. During the same period, graduate students, through a combination of federal (61.9%), state (1.8%), university (34.5%), and private (1.9%) scholarships, loans, and grants received $182,384,256 of financial aid. 81.5% of all graduate students, or 11,852 students received some form of financial aid.<ref name="factbook" />

Alongside Pell and TAG grant which are well-known federal and state aids, Rutgers provides EOF grant, merit based scholarships such as SAS Excellence Award, Scarlet Guarantee, and many other forms of aid. Rutgers is an active participant of the EOF program giving financially or academically disadvantaged students resources to success. Furthermore, the Scarlet Guarantee covers any tuition cost for students whose aid might not if the student's household income is below a certain amount. Apart from need based aid, Rutgers University have a list of Scholarships which first-time or continuing students can apply to based upon GPA and/or extra-curriculum involvement. The University also offers multiple opportunities for students to earn while in college through Federal Work Study, on-campus employment, and internships.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://admissions.rutgers.edu/costs-and-aid#:~:text=Financial%20aid%20can%20include%20grants,funds%20available%20to%20the%20university | title=Costs and Aid &#124; Undergraduate Admissions }}</ref> 

In 2007, the university's Office for Enrollment Management launched the Rutgers Future Scholars Program as an initiative to help 7th graders from low-income families achieve academic success and be the first in their families to go to college. The program targets students from the school systems of Rutgers's hometowns, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Newark, and Camden. Once admitted, the students receive mentoring and college prep courses each summer leading up to the year of their college applications. If admitted to the university, they are given a full tuition scholarship for four years of undergraduate study. The program has been very successful and currently admits as many as 200 new 7th graders each year with most of the original 200 now attending the university as undergraduates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/experimental_rutgers_program_helps_163_urban_kids_get_to_college.html|title=Rutgers experiment draws national attention by helping 163 urban kids get to college|work=NJ.com|date=August 4, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113526/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/experimental_rutgers_program_helps_163_urban_kids_get_to_college.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>

===Academic Support===

Rutgers University have a variety of resources to help students succeed academically. Rutgers offers academic counselling to help students plan a study schedule, plan a schedule for the semester, decide their major, and complete their major requirements in time. The Learning Centers at Rutgers provide Peer Tutoring and Study Groups where students can work with or receive help from others who are taking or have taken the same courses. Certain courses provide extra tutoring like the Computer Science program offer tutoring from RUCATS(Rutgers Computing Academic Tutoring for Students). Students can use resources such as the Penji app to find available academic support. Rutgers offers these academic support resources motioned above for free to its students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://success.rutgers.edu/|title=Resources Available for Student Success &#124; Success|website=success.rutgers.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=SPEC | url=https://spec.cs.rutgers.edu/programs/ | access-date=2025-03-17 | website=spec.cs.rutgers.edu}}</ref>

===Rankings===

{{Infobox US university ranking
| Wamo_NU = 62
| THE_WSJ = 136
| USNWR_NU = 40
| USNWR_W = 143
| Forbes = 49
| THES_W = 201–250
| QS_W = 328
| ARWU_W = 101–150
}}

In the 2025 ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' rankings of universities in the United States, the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers is tied for 41st among national universities overall and ranked tied for 15th among public universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US News and World Report 2025 Best Colleges Rutgers University--New Brunswick |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rutgers-new-brunswick-6964 |website=US News and World Report}}</ref>  ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the Camden campus 127th among national universities, and 18th in top performers for social mobility.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rutgers-university-camden-4741/overall-rankings |title=Rutgers University–Camden Rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802032241/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rutgers-university-camden-4741/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> The same ranking placed Rutgers-New Brunswick in the top 25 among all U.S. universities for the following graduate school programs: [[Library Science]] (7th), [[English studies|English]] (15th), [[Fine Arts]] (23rd), [[History]] (21st) with the subspecialties of [[Women's History]] and [[African-American History]] both ranked 1st, [[Social Work]] (17th), and [[Mathematics]] (22nd).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/rutgers-university-new-brunswick-186380/overall-rankings|title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick: Graduate School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=October 14, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207064452/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/rutgers-university-new-brunswick-186380/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>

''U.S. News'' ranked Rutgers-Camden 58th for graduate nursing programs, and 83rd among graduate public policy programs, and 49th for top public universities. Rutgers University-New Brunswick has consistently ranked 2nd for [[Philosophy]] according the [[QS World University Rankings]]<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Philosophy|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2021/philosophy|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Top Universities|language=en|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418075434/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2021/philosophy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings for Philosophy 2023 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2023/philosophy |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Philosophical Gourmet Report|Philosophy Gourmet Report]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Overall Rankings – The Philosophical Gourmet Report|url=https://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall-rankings/|access-date=2021-04-18|language=en-US|archive-date=November 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124003923/https://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall-rankings/|url-status=live}}</ref> QS ranks Rutgers 42nd nationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/rutgers-university-new-brunswick|title=Rutgers University–New Brunswick|access-date=August 23, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802032234/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/rutgers-university-new-brunswick|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranks Rutgers-New Brunswick 29th nationally and 50th globally as of 2020–2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|title=World University Rankings 2020-21 &#124; CWUR|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608081107/https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
QS Top Universities ranked Rutgers-New Brunswick 264 in the world in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutgers University–New Brunswick |work=Top Universities |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/rutgers-university-new-brunswick |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201044537/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/rutgers-university-new-brunswick |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Rutgers Alumni House.jpg|thumb|left|Rutgers Alumni House in Camden]]

''U.S. News & World Report'' ranking placed Rutgers-New Brunswick 130th in Best Global Universities, 15th in public universities in the US (2025), 47th in Agricultural Sciences, 45th in Arts and Humanities (tie), 61st in Mathematics, 66th in Cell Biology, 63rd in Economics and Business, 99th in Computer Science, 37th in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and 23rd in Food Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=February 15, 2022 |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey-new-brunswick-186380 |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215020649/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey-new-brunswick-186380 |url-status=live }}</ref> The RBS Master of Quantitative Finance (M.Q.F.) program, and the Master of Mathematical Finance (M.S.M.F) program in the department of mathematics, are ranked 7th in the United States.<ref>[http://www.advancedtrading.com/top-quant-schools-2012/rutgers-university Advanced Trading] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109061318/http://www.advancedtrading.com/top-quant-schools-2012/rutgers-university |date=November 9, 2012 }} Accessed December 24, 2012.</ref>

Under the New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act of 2012, the [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]] was dissolved. Most of its schools, including [[Robert Wood Johnson Medical School]], [[New Jersey Medical School]], and [[New Jersey Dental School]], were merged into the new Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, formed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |author=Tom Wright-Piersanti |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/nj_assembly_passes_bill_for_ru.html |title=N.J. lawmakers pass bill for Rutgers-Rowan-UMDNJ merger |date=June 29, 2012 |publisher=NJ.com |access-date=March 11, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307110702/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/nj_assembly_passes_bill_for_ru.html |archive-date=March 7, 2013 }}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:Clock on the campus of Rutgers University (2012).jpg|thumb|The Quad Clock on College Avenue campus]]
[[File:New Jersey Hall, Rutgers University, south view.jpg|thumb|[[New Jersey Hall]] on the New Brunswick College Avenue Campus, which was the home of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Biology, and Chemistry faculty, now houses the university's Department of Economics]]
[[File:Cooper Library Camden NJ.JPG|thumb|The Digital Studies Center and Johnson Park at Rutgers University–Camden]]
[[File:Alexander Library.jpg|thumb|The [[Archibald S. Alexander Library]] is the main library at Rutgers University–New Brunswick]]
[[File:Rutgers University Art Library.JPG|thumb|The art library on the College Avenue campus]]
The Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) system consists of twenty-six libraries, centers and reading rooms located on the university's four campuses. Housing a collection that includes 4,383,848 volumes (print and electronic), 4,605,896 microforms, and an array of electronic indexes and abstracts, full-text electronic journals, and research guides, Rutgers University Libraries ranks among the nation's top research libraries.<ref name="RULFactsandFigures">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/about_rutgers_libraries Library Facts and Figures] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211015157/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/about_rutgers_libraries |date=December 11, 2014 }} Accessed September 15, 2014</ref> The [[American Library Association]] ranks the Rutgers University Library system as the 44th-largest library in the United States in terms of volumes held.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing by Volumes Held (ALA Library Fact Sheet 22)|url=http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|website=American Library Association|date=July 7, 2006|access-date=September 15, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014171755/http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet22|archive-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Archibald S. Alexander Library]] in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], known to many students as "Club Alex", is the oldest and the largest library of the university, and houses an extensive [[humanities]] and [[social science]] collection.<ref name="RULFactsandFigures"/><ref name="AlexCollection">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/alex_lib/alex_coll_descript.shtml Archibald S. Alexander Library Collection Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212180547/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/alex_lib/alex_coll_descript.shtml |date=December 12, 2006 }} Accessed January 10, 2007</ref> It also supports the work of faculty and staff at four professional schools: the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the School of Communication and Information. Alexander Library is also a [[Federal Depository Library Program|Federal Depository Library]], maintaining a large collection of government documents, which contains United States, New Jersey, foreign, and international government publications.<ref name="AlexCollection"/> The Paul Robeson Library in [[Rutgers–Camden|Camden]], serves Rutgers affiliates as well as the Camden campuses of [[Rowan University]] and [[Camden County College]] with a broad collection of volumes, and also houses an archive including the papers of poet [[Nick Virgilio]].

The Dana Library is the main research library for the Newark campus and is also home to the [[Institute of Jazz Studies]], one of the world's largest collections of jazz archives and research. The ''Library of Science and Medicine'' (LSM) on the Busch Campus in [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]] houses the university's collection in [[behavioral science|behavioral]], [[Biology|biological]], [[Earth science|earth]], and [[pharmaceutical science]]s and [[engineering]]. LSM also serves as a designated depository library for government publications regarding science, and owns a U.S. patent collection and patent search facility.<ref>[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_coll_descript.shtml LSM Collection Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209101038/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_coll_descript.shtml |date=December 9, 2006 }} accessed January 10, 2007</ref> It was officially established as the Library of Science and Medicine in July 1964 although the beginning of the development of a library for science started in 1962. The current character of LSM is a university science library also serving a medical school.<ref name="LSMhistory">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_history.shtml LSM History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209091037/http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/lsm_lib/lsm_history.shtml |date=December 9, 2006 }} accessed January 10, 2007</ref>

On the New Brunswick-Piscataway campus, in addition to Alexander Library, many individual disciplines have their libraries, including art history, Chemistry, mathematics, music and physics. ''Special Collections and University Archives'' houses the Sinclair New Jersey Collection, manuscript collection, and rare book collection, as well as the university archives. Although located in the Alexander Library building, [[special collections]] and University Archives comprises a distinct unit unto itself. Also located within the Alexander Library is the ''East Asian Library'' which holds a sizable collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean monographs and periodicals. There are nine major libraries at the Rutgers- New Brunswick location which are the Alexander Library, Art Library, Carr Library, Chang Library, Douglass Library, Library of Science and Medicine, Math and Physics Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Library, and Special Collections & University Archives Library.<ref>[https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/new-brunswick/visit-study/locations/alexander-library Alexander Library], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025. "The Archibald S. Alexander Library, located on the College Avenue Campus, is the main social sciences and humanities library in New Brunswick. It is also home to Special Collections and University Archives and the East Asian Library."</ref> Both the Newark and Camden campuses have law libraries.<ref>[https://camden.rutgers.edu/research/facilities-libraries Facilities & Libraries], Rutgers-Camden. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://library.law.rutgers.edu/rutgers-law-library Rutgers Law Library], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref>

===Museums and collections===
[[File:Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.jpg|thumb|The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on Hamilton Street in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]]]]
Rutgers oversees several museums and collections that are open to the public.
* [[Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University|Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum]], on the College Avenue Campus maintains a collection of over 60,000 works of art, focusing on Russian and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] art, French 19th-century art and [[United States of America|American]] 19th- and 20th-century art with a concentration on early-20th-century and contemporary prints.<ref>[http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/collections/ Zimmerli Art Museum: Collections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060815073238/http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/collections/ |date=August 15, 2006 }} accessed August 8, 2006.</ref>
* [[Rutgers University Geology Museum]] in Geology Hall features exhibits on [[geology]] and [[anthropology]], with an emphasis on the natural history of New Jersey. The largest exhibits include a [[dinosaur]] [[fossil trackway|trackway]] from [[Towaco, New Jersey]]; a [[mastodon]] from [[Salem County, New Jersey|Salem County]]; and a [[History of Ptolemaic Egypt|Ptolemaic]] era [[Egypt]]ian [[mummy]].<ref>[http://geology.rutgers.edu/museum.shtml Rutgers University Geology Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060807061644/http://geology.rutgers.edu/museum.shtml |date=August 7, 2006 }} accessed August 8, 2006.</ref>
* [[Rutgers Gardens]], which features {{convert|50|acre|ha}} of horticultural, display, and [[botanical gardens]], as well as [[arboretum]]s.<ref>[http://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/director.html Rutgers Gardens: A Message from the Director] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830120917/http://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/director.html |date=August 30, 2006 }} accessed September 10, 2006.</ref>
* ''Stedman Art Gallery'' on the Camden campus is a collection of local, national, and international artwork and exhibits as part of the Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rcca.camden.rutgers.edu/about/ | title=About – Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts | access-date=April 20, 2022 | archive-date=April 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429013001/https://rcca.camden.rutgers.edu/about/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Edison Papers'' is a collection of roughly 5 million documents related to Thomas Alva Edison. Nearly 175,000 of these documents are digitized and available to be viewed through their website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edison.rutgers.edu/digital.htm |title=Digital Edition – The Edison Papers |publisher=Edison.rutgers.edu |date=October 28, 2016 |access-date=January 17, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124015602/http://edison.rutgers.edu/digital.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edison.rutgers.edu/index.htm|title=The Thomas A. Edison Papers|website=edison.rutgers.edu|access-date=March 21, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317144207/http://edison.rutgers.edu/index.htm|archive-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref>

Rutgers' facilities across the four campuses include a golf course, [[Rutgers Gardens|botanical gardens]], working agricultural, horse, dairy, and [[Student Sustainable Farm at Rutgers|sustainable farms]], a creamery, an [[Rutgers Ecological Preserve|ecological preserve]] with multiple use trails, television and radio studios, theaters, museums, athletic facilities, helipads and a [[makerspace]].<ref>[https://commencement.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022Comm_blue-map-back.pdf Rutgers-New Brunswick Overview Map], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://rutgersnewarkathletics.com/documents/2012/9/18/Grid_Map_2012.pdf?id=2576 Map of Rutgers University in Newark], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://admissions.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/2022-01/campusmap_Admissions.pdf Rutgers University Camden Campus Map], Rutgers University. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> The [[New Jersey Museum of Agriculture]], established in 1984 in a {{Convert|30000|sqft|adj=on}} facility in [[North Brunswick, New Jersey|North Brunswick]], closed in 2011.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/news/2011/02/new_jersey_museum_of_agricultu.html "N.J. Museum of Agriculture to shut down due to state budget cuts"], NJ Adavance Media for [[NJ.com]], February 12, 2011. Accessed January 1, 2025. "The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture’s trustees voted today to close, starting Monday, and begin the process of disbanding the non-profit organization, said Cooper Morris, head of the museum’s board..... The North Brunswick museum was founded in 1984 to chronicle the state’s farming history. The 30,000-square-foot facility on Rutgers University’s Cook Campus houses a collection of historic farming equipment and programs where schoolchildren view farm animals and learn about the origins of their food."</ref>